BEN GEORGE COPYWRITER www.btgeorge.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 LOS ANGELES PARTICIPANT __________________________ Why is there so much bad advertising out there? “Bad advertising exists for two reasons: 1. Advertising is subjective. As much as we all like to pretend to know what’ll hit, even “the best” shops plop out uninspired work, fail to meet the...

HANNAH ARUSELL ART DIRECTOR www.hannahmakesart.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 AUSTIN PARTICIPANT __________________________ How would you explain your future job to family and friends who don’t know anything about the ad industry? “I usually don’t. My family and friends think I’m writing jingles and creating cartoon mascots for companies and brands. My...

JEFFERY WILLIM ART DIRECTOR www.willim.ca PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 TORONTO PARTICIPANT __________________________ When did you realize you wanted to get into advertising? “For a very large portion of my teenage life, I wrote graffiti. I painted everything from freight trains to box trucks, and absolutely loved having my messages travel from city to city, province to province,...

ZACK FILLER COPYWRITER PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 MONTREAL PARTICIPANT __________________________ What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night 9? “For me Portfolio Night 9 is my second time. It’s sort of like “Portfolio Night II: Unfinished Business”. I see it as an opportunity to reconnect with some of the creative directors from last year and to...

PHIL WRIGHT COPYWRITER philwright.carbonmade.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 TORONTO PARTICIPANT __________________________ What good are award shows for someone of your level of experience? “To loosely gauge how good my work is. There’s always a market for the best of anything, awards shows act as a yardstick.” Do you prefer to think things out with a pen and paper...

MINA TZENOVA COPYWRITER minatzenova.carbonmade.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 9 TORONTO PARTICIPANT __________________________ Name one ad or campaign over the past year or so that absolutely blew you away, and tell us why you loved it. “I know it wasn’t exactly a fully integrated campaign, but I just loved this year’s Skittles commercials that were all over YouTube!!...